Three or four noisy peals of lightning and thunder bring in the other children in their pajamas - fearful of the storm.[The film""s story was based on a real-life crime in March of 1927 perpetrated by married Queens, NY housewife Ruth (Brown) Snyder and her lover, a 32 year-old corset salesman Judd Gray." Mrs.Lynnton asked a comparative question: "Oh, is she, uhm, pretty?"As everyone excused themselves from the table, Mr.[Kesey wrote the first version of the film""s screenplay.] The film""s title was derived from a familiar, ongue-twisting Mother""s Goose children""s folk song (or nursery rhyme) calledVintery, Mintery, Cutery, Corn.